Carbonator



Patente-d Mar. 7, 1939 'i UNITED stars A ,n.t

3 Claims.

My invention relates to carbonators, and more particularly to a carbonator requiring no power for its operation and having no moving parts other than the valves to control the flow of water to and the outflow of the carbonated water.

I have thus provided a greatly simplified carbonator which has proven to be most practical, economical, noiseless, sanitary, and of small compass. y

In order to describe my invention, I have shown on the accompanying sheet of drawings one practical embodiment of my invention, which I Will now describe:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a carbonator embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a cross sectional View thereof taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; 4

Figure 3 is a Ycross sectional view thereof taken on line 3 3, of Fig. 1; and Y bracket.

Referring in detail to the drawing, my invention as here shown, includes a cylindrical body or case 5, secured toa base 6, by means of bolts l, l, with a gasket therebetween. Said base 6 is provided with an outlet means 9, threaded for the attachment of a pipe. A screen member I9 is placed over said outlet.

Mounted on said base 6, within said cylindrical body 5, substantially as shown, is a smaller cylinder II, which may be welded or otherwise secured at its lower open end to said base, as at I2. The upper end of said cylinder I I is closed by means of a head I3, screwed thereinto, and having a neck-like inlet at I4, with screens I5 and I6 placed therein, substantially as shown.

Mounted in said smaller cylinder is a floor or partition Il, through which is extended two upstanding pipes, I8 and I9, which are bent upwardly at theirv lower ends, under said floor I'I, and secured therein to receive fluid from above said oor, which can rise ini said pipes I9 and I9, which are open at their upper ends. Also mounted in said smaller cylinder are two perforated plates or floors, as 29 and ZI, with screens 22 and 23 thereunder, and all supported on ring members 24 and 25 secured to the inside of said cylinder.

55 said head being secured to the upper end of said Figure 4 is a perspective view of a supportingy In the lower part of said cylinder II, is ancylinder 5 by means of flange 5', a gasket 30, and bolts 3l, as shown.

Suspended from the underside of said head is a supporting bracket 32, as seen also in Fig. 4. On the underside of this bracket is pivoted a lever or rocker member 33. A valve member 34 closes the inner end of the extension 29, said valve moving in an annularflange-like extension35, with holes 3E therethrough. Said valve 34 is mounted on the upper end of a rod 31, with coiled spring 38 thereon Ilo-normally move the same upwardly to .close said valve, while the lower end of said rod 3l rests on one end of said rocker arm 33. On the other end of said rocker member 33 is a rod 39, having connected to its upper end a conical valve 49, for closing an opening 4I, through said head 2l, within theextensicn 28. On top of said extension' is a screen 42, and screwed down over said extension is a body 43, having in its top a bushing plug 44, with a screw member therein, to which is secured a rod 46, on the lower end of which is a spring 41, the lower end of which is seated in said conical valve, whereby the tension of said conical valve can be regulated by said screw member 45, all substantially as illustrated in said drawing. A lateral pipe connection member 48 is screwed into the side of said body 43, with ball valve 49 therein, with confining pin 50 therefor, substantially as illustrated.

A water supply is connected at 29 and the source of gas is connected at 48. The water pressure will depress the valve 34 which will open the valve 4I). Thus water and gas will flow into the tank 5 until it is lled, including the inner tank II and the pipes I8 and I9. The water inflow will be discharged through the openings 36 in the flange extension 35 spraying outwardly therefrom and mixing with the gas as both iiow into the tank under pressure.

When the draw-olf is opened, which is connected at the bottom member 9, there is set up in the cylinders a surging and mixing which results in a thorough mixing of gas and water as it is drawn off. This is due to the fact that the contentsmust flow through the openings in the oor members 29, ZI and 26 and the one opening Il in the member Il, in which member Il the pipes I9 and I9 are supported.

I have found from actual construction and much experimenting that the construction and arrangement of the parts substantially as illustrated on the drawing produces a most satisfactory result, and that the proportions used and about as shown give the best result. Just what causes the peculiar surging and mixing I am not as yet quite sure, but that surging takes place is very evident from the results. The absence of moving parts or any power to operate the device makes it most economical to operate and to maintain, and it is also easy to connect and install for use.

I do not limit my invention to the details of construction and .arrangement `shown .in the drawing for explanatory purposes, .except as I may be limited by the hereto appended. claims forming a part of this speciiication.

I claim:

1. In a carbonator, a casing; a valve controlled water inlet thereto, a Valve-controlled gas inlet thereto, said valves being operatively connected for movements in opposite` directionstov simultaneously open said inlets, an inner casing shorter than the inside of said casing and open at its top to-r-eceive the mixture of -Wa-ter vande-gas ias it rises in said casing to the-topmof-saidi-nner casing, `an outlet-meansaat. ther-bottomI of `said casings communicating .with the `inner easingfand. means Within said #inner casing to .cause 1a surging and better: mixing-of .gas and. lWater*V in said inner casing -whenoutow is caused through said outletV means.

.2.,Ina carbonatonian outer casing having Waterinlet and-gas inlet, valve-controlled openings at its upper end, an inner casing having an inlet opening at its upper end, to receive Water and gas from said cuter casing as said outer casing lls to the top of said inner casing, partition members in said inner casing having openings therethrough, screens over said openings, said openings being designed to cause a better mixing of water and gas being drawn therethrough, and means at the lower end of said inner casing for drawingout `said mixture ofyvater andA gas from said inner casing.

3. A carbonator including in combination an outer casing, a valve-controlled water inlet to the upper end thereof, a valve-controlled inlet `tangas at the upper end thereof, means operatively connectingsaid Valves whereby they are operated. together, by Water pressure through saidfwater inlet operating on said valve, whereby inflow of water opensrthe valve for inow of gas, an inner casing having an inlet opening at itstop va-n-d anfoutlet -at lits bottom,Y Wherebysaid innerncasing is filled `as Water andl gas'in said outery casing rises to the topfiof said inner casingfa plurality of partitions-in said inner casing with-:openings therethrough for passage of Waterand gas, a-nd means associated'therewith to Icause Ja rbetter Amixing -ofsaid water and gas infsaidfinnerlcasing as the mixture is drawn out through said outlet from said inner casing.

-RALPII S..FETIERLY. 

